Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
OnJanuary 6, 2023 ,NewtekOne, Inc. (formerly known asNewtek Business Services Corp. ) (the "Company") completed the previously announced acquisition of theNational Bank of New York City ("NBNYC" and the "Acquisition," respectively), a national bank regulated and supervised by theOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency , pursuant to which the Company acquired from the NBNYC shareholders all of the issued and outstanding stock of NBNYC for$20 million . (See Stock Purchase Agreement annexed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed with theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") onAugust 2, 2021 ). NBNYC has been renamedNewtek Bank , National Association ("Newtek Bank, N.A. ") and has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In connection with the completion of the Acquisition, the Company has contributed toNewtek Bank, N.A. $31 million of cash and two of the Company's subsidiaries,Newtek Business Lending, LLC ("NBL") andSmall Business Lending, LLC ("SBL"). The Company also filed with theSEC a Form N-54C, Notification of Withdrawal of Election to be Subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, and ceased to be a business development company as ofJanuary 6, 2023 . As a result of the Acquisition, the Company is now a financial holding company subject to the regulation and supervision of theBoard of Governors of theFederal Reserve System (the "Federal Reserve") and theFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta . The Company no longer qualifies as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes and no longer qualifies for accounting treatment as an investment company. As a result, in addition toNewtek Bank, N.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries, NBL and SBL, the following Newtek portfolio companies and subsidiaries will now be consolidated non-bank subsidiaries in the Company's financial statements:Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC ;Newtek Merchant Solutions, LLC ;Mobil Money, LLC ;CDS Business Services, Inc. d/b/a Newtek Business Credit Solutions;PMTWorks Payroll, LLC d/b/a Newtek Payroll and Benefits Solutions;Newtek Insurance Agency, LLC ;Titanium Asset Management LLC ; Newtek Business Services Holdco 6, Inc;Newtek Commercial Lending, Inc. ;Excel WebSolutions, LLC ;Newtek Technology Solutions, Inc and POS onCloud, LLC , d/b/a Newtek Payment Systems. In addition, as a result of commitments made to theFederal Reserve , the Company will divest or otherwise terminate the activities conducted byExcel WebSolutions, LLC andNewtek Technology Solutions, Inc. , including its subsidiarySIDCO, LLC d/b/a/ Cloud Nine Services, within two years of becoming a financial holding company, subject to any extension of the two-year period.
Included as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto are the financial statements and pro forma financial information required by Item 2.01.
Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Audited fi nancial statements of National Bank of New York Cit y as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and f or each of the fiscal years ended December
31, 2021 and 2020 and the notes
related thereto. 99.2 Unaudited pro forma condensed combined
balance sheet of the Company as
ofSeptember 30, 2022 , giving effect to the Acquisition as if it had been completed onSeptember 30, 2022 , the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2022 and the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2021 , as if the Acquisition had been completed onJanuary 1, 2021 , furnished herewith.
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